fortuitous

英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]

adj.  偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的

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BNC.18692 / COCA.19324

牛津词典

adj.

• 偶然发生的；（尤指）巧合的
  happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偶然的;幸运的
  You can describe something asfortuitousif it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant.
  1. Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
     他们的成功是各种环境因素偶然联系在一起的幸运产物。

英英释义

adj

• occurring by happy chance
  1. profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
• having no cause or apparent cause
  1. a causeless miracle
  2. fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
  3. we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
  Synonym:causelessuncaused

双语例句

• The occurrence of such things is by no means fortuitous.
  出现这种问题绝不是偶然的。
• Such tragedy happens not only on nietzsche, so you cannot say it's just fortuitous.
  而不只是尼采，所以不能说只是偶然的。
• The post-Soviet decline in oil production was reversed in time for the fortuitous upward spiral in world prices.
  它逆转了后苏联时代石油产量的下滑之势，及时而幸运的赶上了全球油价的螺旋式上升。
• The interesting and fortuitous thing is that this theorem itself can be proven!
  有趣和偶然的是这一理论本身是可以证明的！
• In retrospect, though, the timing proved more fortuitous than it initially appeared.
  然而，回想起来，事实证明，这个时机要比一开始看上去的更好。
• As a result of that fortuitous model-room experiment, I shifted my focus from memory to symbolic thinking.
  就这样，我在模型屋计画邂逅的发现，让我改变了研究焦点，从记忆转向象徵思惟。
• In a very fortuitous time, a person has been deeply attracted you!
  在一个很偶然的时间，一个人就被你深深的吸引！
• An ability to identify a fortuitous opening is not something that can be easily taught within a prescribed structure.
  发现偶然机遇的能力并不是在一个规定的框架下就能轻易教会的。
• It was quite fortuitous the way we met.
  我们的相逢实属偶然。
• If fortuitous causality in criminal law is not tenable, necessary causality in criminal law itself is an issue.
  如果刑法偶然因果关系难以成立，则刑法必然因果关系本身也是有问题的。